Diamond

Ghost town · Denali County, Alaska

Mount McKinley D-2 quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1954, 1:63,360) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Diamond is a ghost town in Denali County, Alaska. It is the only former community in Denali County recorded on the federal names register, out of 388 across Alaska.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Diamond as a historical populated place on the Denali D-2 NW topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 63.8867° N, 150.9031° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Denali D-2 NW
Elevation	546 ft
Nearest living town	Anderson, AK
Distance to it	60.1 miles
GNIS feature ID	1401175
Coordinates	63.88667, -150.90306

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What's there now

Diamond is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Anderson, AK (population 160), about 60.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 546 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Sources and licences

USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.